Job 1

a 1:6 Hebrew the sons of God

b 1:6 Hebrew satan means adversary.

c 1:21 Or will return there

Job 2

a 2:1 Hebrew the sons of God

b 2:10 The Hebrew word rendered foolish denotes moral deficiency.

Job 3

a 3:8 Or curse the sea

Job 5

a 5:17 Hebrew Shaddai; here and throughout Job

Job 6

a 6:6 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

b 6:29 Or my righteousness still stands

Job 7

a 7:20 A few manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition and Septuagint; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text I have become a burden to myself.

Job 8

a 8:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

b 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that

Job 9

a 9:9 Or of Leo

b 9:19 See Septuagint; Hebrew me.

Job 10

a 10:15 Or and aware of

Job 11

a 11:12 Or wild donkey can be born tame

Job 12

a 12:6 Or those whose god is in their own hand

b 12:18 Or shackles of kings / and ties a belt

Job 13

a 13:15 Or He will surely slay me; I have no hope — / yet I will

Job 14

a 14:3 Septuagint, Vulgate and Syriac; Hebrew me

b 14:14 Or release

Job 16

a 16:20 Or My friends treat me with scorn

Job 18

a 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains

Job 19

a 19:20 Or only by my gums

b 19:24 Or and

c 19:25 Or vindicator

d 19:25 Or on my grave

e 19:26 Or And after I awake, / though this body has been destroyed, / then

f 19:26 Or destroyed, / apart from

g 19:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts me

h 19:29 Or sword, / that you may come to know the Almighty

Job 20

a 20:4 Or Adam

b 20:28 Or The possessions in his house will be carried off, / washed away

Job 21

a 21:13 Or in an instant

b 21:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

c 21:30 Or wicked are reserved for the day of calamity, / that they are brought forth to

d 21:33 Or them, / as a countless throng went

Job 23

a 23:2 Septuagint and Syriac; Hebrew / the hand on me

b 23:2 Or heavy on me in

Job 24

a 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Job 26

a 26:6 Hebrew Abaddon

Job 28

a 28:11 Septuagint, Aquila and Vulgate; Hebrew They dam up

b 28:22 Hebrew Abaddon

Job 29

a 29:24 The meaning of the Hebrew for this clause is uncertain.

Job 30

a 30:3 Or gnawed

b 30:4 Or fuel

c 30:12 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

d 30:18 Hebrew; Septuagint power he grasps my clothing

Job 31

a 31:12 Hebrew Abaddon

b 31:33 Or as Adam did

Job 32

a 32:3 Masoretic Text; an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition Job, and so had condemned God

b 32:8 Or Spirit; also in verse 18

c 32:9 Or many; or great

Job 33

a 33:13 Or that he does not answer for any of his actions

b 33:18 Or from crossing the river

c 33:22 Or to the place of the dead

Job 34

a 34:14 Or Spirit

Job 35

a 35:3 Or you

b 35:10, 11 Or night, / 11who teaches us by

c 35:11 Or us wise by

d 35:15 Symmachus, Theodotion and Vulgate; the meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Job 36

a 36:12 Or will cross the river

b 36:20 The meaning of the Hebrew for verses 18–20 is uncertain.

c 36:27 Or distill from the mist as rain

d 36:31 Or nourishes

e 36:33 Or announces his coming— / the One zealous against evil

Job 37

a 37:7 Or work, / he fills all people with fear by his power

b 37:24 Or for he does not have regard for any who think they are wise.

Job 38

a 38:7 Hebrew the sons of God

b 38:31 Septuagint; Hebrew beauty

c 38:32 Or the morning star in its season

d 38:32 Or out Leo

e 38:33 Or their

f 38:36 That is, wisdom about the flooding of the Nile

g 38:36 That is, understanding of when to crow; the meaning of the Hebrew for this verse is uncertain.

Job 41

a In Hebrew texts 41:1–8 is numbered 40:25–32, and 41:9–34 is numbered 41:1–26.

b 41:13 Septuagint; Hebrew double bridle

c 41:15 Or Its pride is its

Job 42

a 42:11 Hebrew him a kesitah; a kesitah was a unit of money of unknown weight and value.